JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE, 62, 2016 (4): 145–152
doi: 10.17221/115/2015-JFS
Silvicultural potential of northern red oak
and its regeneration – Review
S. Miltner, I. Kupka
Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life
Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
ABSTRACT: Northern red oak (Quercus rubra Linnaeus) is a promising species which could help to mitigate the
sanitary problems. Northern red oak is also a commercial species and offers many environmental services. Northern
red oak prefers rather dry acidic sites commonly found in Bohemia. The literature confirms that the species is quite
fertile but acorn production is highly variable. Northern red oak seedlings develop a long tap root during their first
year, which enhances their survival and performance. Different silvicultural systems are proposed and pros and cons
are discussed in this review including their influences on forest floor and soil.
Keywords: ecological niche; acorn; silvicultural systems; soil
Northern red oak (Quercus rubra Linnaeus) was
introduced into Europe from North America in
1691 and into Bohemia in 1799 (Réh 1989; Hejný,
Slavík 1990). Northern red oak was introduced and
used as an ornamental tree species that was found to
grow very well and that enriched the fertility of the
site on which it was planted. In arid areas northern
red oak was used to replace domestic European oaks
that suffered from dieback (Burkovský 1985; Čapek et al. 1985; Gubka, Špišák 2010). Štefančík
(2011) found northern red oak to be more resistant
to tracheomycosis diseases than domestic oak species. Northern red oak appears not only more resistant to diseases but also demonstrates better early
growth and better adaptation to dry sites.
According to Dressel and JÄger (2002) suitable
sites for northern red oak are those that are rather more acidic and dry, sites commonly found in
northwestern Bohemia.
The range of northern red oak in Europe covers
most of the continent except for most southern and
northern parts. Central Europe seems to be the most
suitable part due to optimal climatic conditions.
Acorn production and viability
Although northern red oak is quite fertile and
produces a lot of acorns, this production is extremely variable between individual trees (Healy et al.
1999). The size of acorn crops can influence many
components of the ecosystem, and both stand and
individual tree variation in acorn production influence the regeneration and management (thinning)
of oak forests. Differences in acorn production between the most productive and the least productive individual trees were about 11-fold for thinned
and 28-fold for unthinned trees. The largest yearly
acorn collection exceeded the smallest 135 times
for the thinned treatment and 109 times for the unthinned treatment. Thinned and unthinned sample
populations exhibited synchronous masting patterns, and good and poor producers within each
population also exhibited year-to-year synchrony
in acorn production (Healy et al. 1999).
The use of prescribed fire in North America has become more and more frequent as a tool in oak ecosystem restoration to reduce competition, increase light
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and improve seedbed conditions for germination of
acorns and growth of oak seedlings; there are many
studies on acorn germination and seedling performance after fire (Greenberg et al. 2012). Oak seedling establishment is dependent on the presence of
viable acorns, which may be vulnerable to prescribed
fire. Greenberg’s study indicated that patchy, lowintensity dormant season prescribed fire in upland
hardwood forests reduced viability of white oak and
northern red oak acorns located on the leaf litter surface, but did not generally affect acorns in the duff or
mineral soil. Shoot production by northern red oak
germinants from acorns on the leaf litter surface (and
less so in the duff) also decreased with increasing fire
temperature (Greenberg et al. 2012).
Northern red oak regeneration
and seedling growth
In many forests, advance regeneration represents an important “seedling bank” for replacing
overstorey trees after canopy disturbance. However, long-term spatial and temporal dynamics of
understorey tree seedlings is poorly understood,
particularly in topographically complex areas. The
seedling morphology with good growth of primary
roots increases the survival rate of northern red
oak namely in arid areas.
The resistance of northern red oak seedlings to
worse growing conditions was tested many times.
Low levels of light, moisture, and fertility significantly reduced growth, and effects of low moisture and
low fertility were greater in full sun than in shade.
However, the reduction in growth was not statistically significantly different, indicating greater stress
tolerance for northern red oak than for other tested
species (Kolb et al. 1990; Guo et al. 2001).
Also natural regeneration of northern red oak
could be hampered by dense understorey and canopy cover. Therefore, Hartman et al. (2005) proposed to reduce canopy cover to 25%, which leads
to significantly more oak seedlings than all other
treatments. Similar results were confirmed by many
authors (Collins, Battaglia 2002; Spetich et al.
2002; Aldrich et al. 2005; Hartman et al. 2005;
Craig et al. 2014; Dey 2014). In their study Spetich
et al. (2002) used the term “Dominance Probability”
which is the probability that a planted tree will live to
attain a favourable competitive position (i.e., at least
80% of the mean height of dominant competitors)
at a specified age. The reciprocals of the dominance
probabilities provide silviculturally useful estimates
of the numbers of trees that would need to be plant146
ed to obtain, on average, one competitively successful tree. At any specified time, dominance probabilities depend on initial seedling basal diameter before
planting, site quality, intensity of weed control, and
shelterwood percent stocking.
On the other hand, Major et al. (2013) found that
canopy is not the driving variable for northern red
oak regeneration as it is a tree species being moderately shade tolerant. Throughout central Europe,
northern red oak exhibits prolific regeneration
even when growing with shade-tolerant trees under closed canopy conditions. Major et al. (2013)
found that despite high (94–98%) canopy closure in
all the stands studied, the density of northern red
oak regeneration (< 2 m in height) was greater than
that of all other tree species combined, averaging
24 stems per square meter. Density of northern red
oak seedlings reached 125 stems per square meter
directly below seed trees; however, the lack of seedlings beyond 15 m from a seed tree suggested limited seed dispersal. Seedlings were less abundant
at relatively fertile sites with lowest densities corresponding most closely to elevated soil calcium.
These results correspond to the diagram (Fig. 1)
proposed by Dressel and Jäger (2002).
Frey et al. (2007) tracked the recruitment, growth
and survival of seedlings of masting tree species
across different topographic positions from 1996
to 2005. Ridge and midslope positions had similar
patterns, with high densities of northern red oak
(> 200,000 seedlings per hectare) declining over time,
and other species generally fluctuating at much lower
densities (< 10,000 seedlings per hectare). Seedling
heights generally increased with age for all species,
but growth was slow, and many seedlings exhibited
dieback in the valleys and ridges. These survival patterns likely reflect effects of light limitation (in the
valley) and moisture limitation (in the ridge) associated with topographic position.
Ectomycorrhizal colonization (ECM) of northern
red oak seedlings in response to different degrees
of overstorey and understorey removal was investigated by Zhou et al. (1997). Ectomycorrhizal colonization (%) was significantly greater in the 50%
canopy cover treatment than in the clearcut and
uncut treatments during the first growing season.
In contrast, during the second growing season, percent ECM in the 25% canopy cover treatment was
significantly greater than in the clearcut treatment,
but did not differ from the 75% cover and uncut
treatments. Ectomycorrhizal colonization number
per gram dry root was also significantly larger in
the 25% canopy cover treatment than in the clearcut treatment.
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Strongly acidic
Acidic
Slightly acidic
Neutral
Alkaline
(no forest)
Very dry
POSSIBLE DOMINANCE
Dry
Slightly dry
POSSIBLE
EXISTENCE
Fresh
OPTIMUM
Slightly humid
Humid
Slightly wet
Wet
Very wet
Water saturated
(no forest)
Fig. 1. Ecological niche of northern red oak (adapted from Dressel, Jäger 2002)
Chemical treatment of young plantations
Herbicide treatments on acidic sites are suspected to worsen the soil conditions. The addition of
herbicide alone caused increased Al and H(+) concentrations and reduced Ca/Al ratios to critically
low levels and subsequently reduced regeneration
growth. The combination of herbicide and dolomitic lime and fertilizer resulted in the tallest, densest regeneration with the greatest species diversity
(Schreffler, Sharpe 2003). Schuler and Robison (2006) studied the effects of fertilization, density and vegetation control on rising 1- and 3-yearold northern red oak plants over 3 years following
the treatments. Broadcast fertilization proved very
beneficial in accelerating stem growth and promoting self-thinning at both sites. Weeding (non-arborescent vegetation) treatments without thinning
had no effect on stem height. Substantial increases
in tree size were noted for oaks when thinning and
weeding treatments were combined. These results
demonstrate that stem growth and stand development are constrained by the availability of site
growth resources, and can be silviculturally managed to promote stand development (Demchik,
Sharpe 2001; Schuler, Robison 2006).
Hardwood bare root seedlings typically undergo transplant shock immediately following reforestation planting associated with moisture and/
or nutrient stress. Broadcast field fertilization at
outplanting with readily available nutrients has
shown limited capacity to reduce nutrient stresses.
Application of controlled-release fertilizer (CRF)
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tive to help improve fertilizer use efficiency and
alleviate competition problems associated with
broadcast fertilization, thereby promoting early
regeneration success of outplanted seedlings. Jacobs et al. (2005) used CRF and found that release
was evenly distributed between two consecutive
years. Seedling survival was above 85% for all treatments. Compared to non-fertilized seedlings, the
seedlings accelerated mean height and root-collar
diameter growth by 52 and 33% in year 1 and 17
and 21% in year 2. Nitrogen and potassium uptake
was increased 40 and 30% when compared with
controls. The fertilizers could be useful also in specific silvicultural tasks such as reclamation of spoil
banks. The importance of nursery nutrient loading
as a new approach to enhance forest restoration on
abandoned mine lands was evaluated by Salifu et
al. (2009). Northern red oak and white oak (Quercus alba Linnaeus) seedlings were nitrogen loaded
for 18 weeks at a bare root nursery. Subsequently,
nursery-grown seedlings were outplanted the following year onto a mine reclamation site to evaluate effects of nursery N loading on first-year field
performance. Nursery N loading promoted total
plant dry mass production by 25–129% in northern red oak and 50–184% in white oak compared to
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unfertilized plants. Nitrogen loading increased N
content 88–145% and K content from 16 to 71% for
northern red oak and N content from 124 to 250%
and K content from 16 to 93% for white oak relative
to controls. When outplanted, N loading resulted
in high seedling survival (> 84%) and increased total plant dry mass production from 14 to 30% for
northern red oak and from 23 to 52% for white oak.
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Nitrogen loading increased plant N uptake by 14 to
102% in northern red oak and 32-105% in white oak
under field conditions (Jacobs et al. 2005).
Biotic and abiotic influences on young
northern red oak stands
There is a significant discussion on atmospheric
deposition of elements and its influence on forest
ecosystems. Forests could serve as a significant
sink for the depositions of airborne elements but
there are different and very often opposite hypotheses on how the depositions influence forests. The
actual question to ask is “what is the possible reaction of trees to elevated atmospheric CO2 when
combined with other stresses?” Dixon et al. (1995)
tested Norway spruce (Picea abies (Linnaeus) H.
Karsten) and northern red oak trees which were
planted directly into the soil and exposed to 700
ppm of CO2 in open-top chambers. There were
large interspecific differences in response to naturally occurring drought during the second year of
exposure to elevated CO2. Both species had decreased assimilation rates. CO2-treated northern
red oak had no loss of photosynthetic enhancement
when undroughted, whereas CO2-treated Norway
spruce showed a relative increase in assimilation
rates only when droughted. The effect of CO2 on
radial growth of both species was less marked in
the second growing season, but this may have been
a result of different biomass partitioning as Norway
spruce shoot extension had a different pattern of
growth in elevated CO2. Stomatal density and chlorophyll content were largely unaffected by the CO2
treatment (Dixon et al. 1995).
Similar questions can be asked with reference
to atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and its sink
under different tree species. Micks et al. (2004)
estimated the N sink strength in litter cohorts of
two different ages tested in litterbags containing
oak leaves, maple leaves, pine needles, or maple
wood chips. Although the N sink strength of litter
pools increased more strongly in the pine forest in
response to elevated N inputs, the hardwood forest
retained more N under both input levels, suggesting that it may be a larger sink for atmospheric N
deposition than the pine forest (Micks et al. 2004).
There are many methods to improve acid and
poor forest soil. Instead of liming a by-product of
“flue gas desulfurization (FGD)” could be used that
is produced when a dolomitic lime is used to remove SO2 during the burning of high sulphur coal
in electricity generating power plants. Crews and
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Dick (1998) evaluated the growth of northern red
oak in an acid forest soil and water leachate quality when an FGD by-product was applied topically
or mixed within the A horizon at rates equivalent
to 0.25, 0.50, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 times the soil requirement for lime. Soils were leached with deionized water on a monthly basis and the leachate
samples were analysed for pH, conductivity, P, S, B
and metals (Al, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Er, Mg, Pb, Ti
and Zn). Tree growth significantly increased (P <
0.05) when the soil was treated with FGD and the
greatest growth (75% increase over the untreated
control) occurred when FGD was applied at 1.5
times the lime requirement rate. Boron toxicity
symptoms were observed in plant tissue when an
FGD by-product was applied at twice (or higher)
the lime requirement rate. Sulphur concentration
increased from less than 10 mg·l–1 (control soil) to
234 mg·l–1 (soil treated with FGD at 2.5 times the
lime requirement) in the leachate four months after
treatment. Boron also approached toxicity concentrations (approximate to 1 mg·l–1) in the leachate
from soil treated at the highest rate during the initial leachings, but concentrations tended to decline
with time (Crews, Dick 1998). Applying an FGD
by-product onto acid forest soils has the potential
to provide growth benefit to an important tree species (such as northern red oak) but care will need
to be taken to avoid using FGD materials that may
release toxic levels.
Northern red oak is assumed to be more resistant to drought than European oaks (Vivin et al.
1993; Dressel, Jäger 2002). Northern red oak was
compared with two indigenous oaks (Quercus robur Linnaeus, Q. petraea Liebl). The effects of controlled soil water deficits on growth and water relations of young plants of these three species grown
in large boxes were studied by Vivin et al. (1993).
The plants were old enough to have developed normal root systems. Two species were planted in each
box, and submitted to very similar patterns of water stress. Predawn leaf water potential, stomatal
conductance, net assimilation rates, shoot elongation and mortality were monitored. The effect of an
overall improvement in mineral nutrition on these
parameters was also tested. During water deficit
(decrease in predawn leaf water potential), the pattern of a decrease in gas exchange was similar for
the three species. Thus, their ability to limit water
deficit by reduction of transpiration was similar.
On the other hand, the shoot growth of Q. rubra
was more reduced than that of Q. robur for similar
predawn leaf water potential; the growth of Q. petraea was the least sensitive. However, an increase
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of mineral nutrition improved the growth of both
Q. robur and Q. rubra, but not that of Q. petraea.
The mortality rate was highest in Q. robur, Q. petraea and lowest in Q. rubra (Vivin et al. 1993).
Also foliar herbivory could influence the growth
and performance of oak seedlings. There is a hypothesis that foliar herbivory would increase belowground
carbon allocation (BCA), carbon rhizosphere deposition and N uptake. Frost and Hunter (2008) investigated this hypothesis by using an isotope with
northern red oak seedlings. Plant BCA links soil ecosystems to aboveground processes and can be affected
by insect herbivores, though the extent of herbivore
influences on BCA is not well understood in woody
plants. Microcosms containing 2-year-old northern
red oak seedlings were subjected to herbivory or left
as undamaged controls. Contrary to the hypothesis,
herbivore damage reduced BCA to fine roots by 63%
and correspondingly increased the allocation of new
C to foliage. However, C recoveries in soil pools were
similar between treatments, suggesting that exudation of C from roots is an actively regulated component of BCA. Herbivore damage also reduced N
allocation to fine roots by 39%, apparently in favour
of storage in taproot and stem tissues. Oak seedlings
respond to moderate insect herbivore damage with a
complex suite of allocation shifts that may simultaneously increase foliar C, maintain C rhizosphere deposition and N assimilation (Frost, Hunter 2008).
The impact of deer on regenerations and young
stands of broadleaves was studied by Long et al.
(2007). In a long-term study, they found that the
composition of the overstorey and understorey has
an important impact on browsing. As deer browsing
heavily influences forest regeneration, typical measures to ensure forest regeneration included physical
barriers or direct control of deer densities. Miller
et al. (2009) examined browse species preferences
and changes in herbivory rates in 1–6-year-old regeneration areas from 2001 to 2004. Woody vegetation reached the maximum plot coverage by the 4th
growing season. However, the establishment of less
abundant woody species, such as northern red oak,
may be inhibited when browsed greater than or proportionally to occurrence. However, the browsing
could not be the final stage as the study of Bobiec et
al. (2011) proposed. Wooded pastures grazed by livestock are believed to be landscapes that provide favourable conditions for spontaneous regeneration of
oaks. A key mechanism for oak regeneration in these
systems is “associational resistance”, spatial association with unpalatable plants which offer protection
against herbivory. There is little knowledge on how
oak regenerates without livestock grazing and in the
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presence of only wild large herbivores. The study was
conducted in an area (114 ha) abandoned from agricultural use and in the early 1980s incorporated into
the Bialowieza National Park, Poland. Its ungulate
community consists of native red deer, European bison, roe deer, moose and wild boar. Secondary succession has led to the development of a mosaic habitat including tree and tall shrub groves (29% of the
area), open meadow communities (60%), and edge,
transitory zone between groves and meadows (11%).
The systematic inventory assigned oaks to 6 height
classes, dichotomous shape characteristic (regular
vs. “bonsai” saplings), as well as a habitat definition,
in particular the characteristics of woody vegetation
in the immediate surroundings of oaks. A selection
of 17 oaks was subject to coring for the comparison
of growth dynamics. Oak density was highest inside
groves, with 504 oaks per hectare, and in the edge
zone (493 oaks per hectare) and lowest in meadows
(47 oaks per hectare). Most of the 0–5-m oaks (62%)
grew without another woody plant species within
1 m radius. The remaining oaks (38%) were associated mainly with Rubus idaeus Linnaeus and saplings of Carpinus betulus Linnaeus and Populus
tremula Linnaeus – all highly ungulate-preferred
species. The age (0.5 m a.g.l.) of northern red oaks
in grove and edge habitats varied from 11 years to
37 years, indicating continuous recruitment since
agricultural abandonment. The resistance of northern red oak to wind damage is well known. It can
even resist to hurricane as presented by Greenberg and McNab (1998).
Management of northern red oak stands
Korpel (1974) is one of many scientists who proposed a silvicultural technique which is based on
intervention in favour of the final crop trees, not
the whole stand. The rest of the stand is left to a
“self-thinning regime”. This technique represents
significant savings of labour and costs (Togár
1979; Korpel 1984; Remiš 1988; Štefančík 1991).
Phytosanitary problems and oak dieback also influenced its management (Račko 1987). In such cases
Štefančík (1987) proposed only sanitary selection
in young oak stands, namely if the stands have more
than 5% of dying trees. In this context the northern red
oak is a good solution which gives not only a safer production but also an esthetical improvement especially
in recreational and urban forests (Réh 1967, 1989;
Štefančík 1992).
Silvicultural systems integrate both regeneration
and intermediate operations in an orderly process
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for managing forest stands. The clearcutting method of regeneration favours the development of species that are moderately intolerant to shade. In fact,
clearcutting is the most proven and widely used
method of successfully regenerating oak species.
The seed-tree method of regeneration favours the
establishment of light-seeded species. Mechanical
soil scarification may be necessary if the desired
species requires bare mineral soil for establishment. The shelterwood method of regeneration can
provide for the development of heavy-seeded species, but has produced highly variable results with
oak (Meadows, Stanturf 1997).
Shelterwood silviculture is also used to regenerate
oaks. However, competition from other species may
deter oak regeneration when the traditional shelterwood techniques are used. The shelterwood-burn
technique is a relatively new tool for regenerating
oak-dominated stands on some upland sites while
simultaneously minimizing undesirable hardwood
intrusion with prescribed fire (Lanham et al. 2002;
Wang et al. 2005; Royse et al. 2010; Fan et al. 2012).
Elliot and Knoepp (2005) evaluated the effects
of three regeneration methods (clear cut, shelterwood and group selection) on plant diversity and
soil resource availability in mixed-hardwood ecosystems. The soil samples were analysed for extractable calcium, magnesium, potassium, cation
exchange capacity, pH, bulk density, A-horizon
depth, total carbon, and nitrogen. The species
diversity of overstorey, understorey, and herbaceous layer was evaluated as well. The clear cuts
proved better soil conditions in terms of physical
and chemical properties as litter was decomposed
more quickly and physical characteristics were not
so much influenced by used mechanizations.
The influence of harvest methods on forest floor
and nutrients in forest soil is discussed frequently
these days. The results of Johnson et al. (2016) compare the impact of two different methods: (i) stem
only harvest (SOH) and (ii) whole tree harvest method (WTH). Although differences between harvest
treatments were not statistically significant (P > 0.05),
average diameter, height, basal area and biomass were
8–18% lower in the WTH than in the SOH treatment
33 years after harvest whereas they differed by 2% 15
years after harvest. In contrast to results 15 years postharvest, total forest floor mass and nutrient contents
were twofold greater in the WTH than in the SOH
treatment at 33 years post-harvest. Soil total C concentrations increased significantly (P < 0.05) over the
first 15 years post-harvest in both harvest treatments.
Decreases in soil C between 15 and 33 years post-harvest were not statistically significant. Soil total N in150
creased significantly in both harvest treatments over
the first 15 years post-harvest. Consistent decreases
in soil total N occurred in the WTH treatment between years 15 and 33 post-harvest that bordered on
statistical significance whereas total N was stable over
that time period in the SOH treatment. Harvest treatment effects on both Ca2+ and Mg2+ observed at 15
years post-harvest are still observable and significant
at 33 years post-harvest, although decreases between
15 and 33 years were found. Treatment effects and
changes in soil exchangeable Ca2+ and Mg2+ are consistent with known inputs from decomposing logging
residues, inputs from atmospheric deposition, and increments in forest floor and vegetation. No treatment
effects were found for soil extractable P, but steady
decreases over time were found. Neither treatment
nor time effects were found for soil exchangeable K+
(Johnson et al. 2016). Similar effects are known on
former farm soils (Podrázský, Štěpáník 2002).
CONCLUSIONS
Northern red oak is a species which could help to
maintain oak forests in lowlands in Central Europe,
namely in arid areas that are healthy and productive. The ecological niches of northern red oak lie on
acidic and dry sites which could be the case for many
places in this country. Northern red oak is a species
that produces a lot of acorns and therefore its production guarantees safe natural regeneration. Moreover, northern red oak seedlings have long primary
taproots which secure seedling tolerance to summer
dry periods even in the first year of germination critical for one-year broadleaved seedlings. The northern
red oak stands proved to be resistant to wind damage
and therefore it could improve the stand stability of
our forests where wind damage is the most important
abiotic influence on forest management. The recent
literature proposes as thinning the intervention in favour of the final crop trees. The clear cut method on
limited areas or shelterwood systems with low canopy cover to secure enough light for northern red oak
seedlings seem to be the most commonly proposed
silvicultural systems.
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Received for publication December 8, 2015
Accepted after corrections March 17, 2016
Corresponding author:
Prof. Ing. Ivo Kupka, CSc., Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences,
Department of Silviculture, Kamýcká 1176, 165 21 Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic; e-mail: kupka@fld.czu.cz
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